How can you avoid it if you don't know how it happens?
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100 times stronger than a normal conductor, and able to carry a thousand volts in a sinlge bound!
That out the way, this is great news. There are so many useful scientific applications for superconducting wires that this is really cool news, once you get over the ethical dilemma caused by the fact that they are making them by *cloning* the orginals. It's ok to clone wires but not people? Hypocrites.
'could lead to a 20 per cent increase in the number of great Greek and Roman works in existence'
Well no, but it could certainly increase the number of them that we can read.
Additionally, scientists think they 'are likely to find lost Christian gospels.'
What's the betting that the one that reads "'The Bible' copyright 134AD, Any resemblance to people past or present is purely coincidental" is quickly covered up?
-Mandatory 200TB email accounts handed out at birth. person. -Put man on Mars. -Put woman on Venus. -Advertise nazi stuff in France. -Ensure female nipples are never again seen on TV. -Remove evolution from all education systems. -Get the Transformers cartoons and comics back.
Yes, I know there are several sources of legal MP3 music products, but they all fall into one of two categories:
(a) small local individual efforts (such as your friends)
(b) those that will eventually fall to the satanic wrath of the RIAA/etc. such as allofmp3.com
When I can buy MP3s from several household name supplier for current or recent chart music, I'll concede that there's an MP3 market.
It's a BETA - use it in a production environment and you deserve whatever bad things happen to you.
Now *really* dangerous product groups with pre-programmed expiries are foods! They're not even marked as BETA! Go waste your time bitching about those non-BETA products that expire even though you've paid for them instead.
I agree that technology is in many ways making it easier for our brains, but IMO that's completely overwhelmed by the sheer rate that knowledge is accumulating.
Certainly even an average science student today has a wider knowledge of things than a well respected scientist a few generations ago. Go back a few more generations and that student would be on par with the greatest scientific minds in the world as far as knowledge goes.
A mere few hundred years ago it was possible for one person to hold the complete human knowledge of science in his head. Nowadays that's obviously completely impossible, and I don't consider it at all unlikely that even the most knowledgable person will even know WHAT we know in outline, never mind detail.
Of course I was talking more about advancement in general and you are talking about the avergage joe's day to day life, so that's probably where the difference lies. Even then, though, we have to do much much more now than we ever did before. The days of the caveman were much simpler - he never had to battle with voicemail, tax returns, choosing from a thousand mortgage deals, finances, computers, programming the VCR, and who knows what else. We're only just starting to see the real improvements in simplicity to help us with the complexities with modern life, so I think it will get better.
On the frontier of human knowledge though, I think we're going to get out of our depth very soon.
Its not many generations that get to see the works of their science fiction books spring into existence and become an every day part of our lives.
Probably because very very few generations have actually HAD science fiction books...
That said, the pace is certainly picking up and while it's hard to tell from an insider's point of view, the pace almost seems geometric. Which makes sense really - each new generation of technology helps up build the next one even faster than the previous tools.
The question is will we get to the point where our brains just can't take it? Will we have to pass such things onto computers, or find a way to enhance our brains to cope with it?
Well what else would you call self assembling organic matter?
Of course, considering that the average person does this millions fo times per day, it's not exactly something to boast about. I fact I'm doing it right now - the difference is that I'm not putting out a press release.
What evidence do you have? Fossil records have gaps. No direct evidence exists.
The fact that not every creature to ever live was fossilised & found is hardly evidence against evolution. Surely the fact that the majority of those animals no longer exist is a clue? Or did GOd have several tries at making creatures to inhabit the earth and each time said "nah, let's try again", and buried them all?
God gave us the Bible and told us how the universe got here because of the very problem I just mentioned. It gives evidence when no one would be around to provide evidence.
Oh come on, that's just silly. What evidence do you have that those are the words of God? Even if there were such proof (Which there isn't), you still then have to show that he's telling the truth.
You believe your history books and all your science books written by people anywhere from 50 to 2000 years ago so what is the big problem with believing something in the Bible?
The content of those books can be verified. There's multiple independant authors giving their own accounts, and they generally add up. The Bible was written by unknown person(s) some time in the forgotten past, and has no method of verification, no witnesses, and no chance to verify.
If you want to apply logic to the situation then tell us how some complex life forms have existed similar simpler forms (the reverse of evolution) if evolution is supposed to go from simple to complex?
Maybe that's where your problem is. No sane respected scientist has EVER stated that evolution is about things going from simple to complex. That just makes no sense, and if that's your understanding of evolution, no wonder you doubt it.
Evolution is about individuals and species more fit for the environment surviving in favour of those less fit. Add in genetic variation and mutation and everything just fits.
What if someone hacks into it and I wake up in the morning to find everything walled up? Computer controlled robots building stuff all over the place sounds scary.
Still, with the help of a few gold blocks those unemployeed builders could have a great career as Lode Runners, destroying all the bad walls for us.
Can you give me that question in plain english? I can't stand all that Austin 3:16 "and thus the mule said unto the donkey, take thy furrow into the filed and harvert of the life" nonsense.
If you expect me to answer in plain English, as I surely shall, please ask in plain English.
Not in its entirity, but significant parts of it, and it just doesn't make sense to me. Either way, the fact remains that since there's no supporting evidence, it's still just a book, We can't verify its origins, or duplicate its claims.
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How can you avoid it if you don't know how it happens?
100 times stronger than a normal conductor, and able to carry a thousand volts in a sinlge bound!
That out the way, this is great news. There are so many useful scientific applications for superconducting wires that this is really cool news, once you get over the ethical dilemma caused by the fact that they are making them by *cloning* the orginals. It's ok to clone wires but not people? Hypocrites.
I certainly hope not!! That would take all of the fun out of it. I quite like getting random medication every month - makes life really worth living.
How about if "we" cannot read it but someone else can? Surely it exists.
Or are you suggesting that the act of reading it brings it into existance?
'could lead to a 20 per cent increase in the number of great Greek and Roman works in existence'
Well no, but it could certainly increase the number of them that we can read.
Additionally, scientists think they 'are likely to find lost Christian gospels.'
What's the betting that the one that reads "'The Bible' copyright 134AD, Any resemblance to people past or present is purely coincidental" is quickly covered up?
-Mandatory 200TB email accounts handed out at birth. person.
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-Put man on Mars.
-Put woman on Venus.
-Advertise nazi stuff in France.
-Ensure female nipples are never again seen on TV.
-Remove evolution from all education systems.
-Get the Transformers cartoons and comics back.
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Only the criminals will have information.
This whole thing must be a conspiracy by the Chinese Mafia to give their members a better chance at "Who wants to be a Chinese Millionaire"
How else would they support their thriving piracy industry? Think before you type in future!
In one I saw Italy and Greece kissing when they thought we weren't looking.
Yes, I know there are several sources of legal MP3 music products, but they all fall into one of two categories: (a) small local individual efforts (such as your friends) (b) those that will eventually fall to the satanic wrath of the RIAA/etc. such as allofmp3.com When I can buy MP3s from several household name supplier for current or recent chart music, I'll concede that there's an MP3 market.
A market containing only myself isn't really much of a market now, is it?
The term market kind of implies trade of a product between multiple people, rather than a single person doing it for himself.
Do tell o' wise one, where may I see this promised land of the MP3 market? All I see are DRMed AACs, WMAs, RMs, whatever...
I'd be a very happy person if there was a legal MP3 market, but alas the title is misleading.
It's a BETA - use it in a production environment and you deserve whatever bad things happen to you.
Now *really* dangerous product groups with pre-programmed expiries are foods! They're not even marked as BETA! Go waste your time bitching about those non-BETA products that expire even though you've paid for them instead.
And even if not, we finally get that long awaited CPU capable of a full speed emulation of a 500GHz CPU!
I agree that technology is in many ways making it easier for our brains, but IMO that's completely overwhelmed by the sheer rate that knowledge is accumulating.
Certainly even an average science student today has a wider knowledge of things than a well respected scientist a few generations ago. Go back a few more generations and that student would be on par with the greatest scientific minds in the world as far as knowledge goes.
A mere few hundred years ago it was possible for one person to hold the complete human knowledge of science in his head. Nowadays that's obviously completely impossible, and I don't consider it at all unlikely that even the most knowledgable person will even know WHAT we know in outline, never mind detail.
Of course I was talking more about advancement in general and you are talking about the avergage joe's day to day life, so that's probably where the difference lies. Even then, though, we have to do much much more now than we ever did before. The days of the caveman were much simpler - he never had to battle with voicemail, tax returns, choosing from a thousand mortgage deals, finances, computers, programming the VCR, and who knows what else. We're only just starting to see the real improvements in simplicity to help us with the complexities with modern life, so I think it will get better.
On the frontier of human knowledge though, I think we're going to get out of our depth very soon.
Personally if there's a vibrator inside me I'd want it to be as small as possible.
Its not many generations that get to see the works of their science fiction books spring into existence and become an every day part of our lives.
Probably because very very few generations have actually HAD science fiction books...
That said, the pace is certainly picking up and while it's hard to tell from an insider's point of view, the pace almost seems geometric. Which makes sense really - each new generation of technology helps up build the next one even faster than the previous tools.
The question is will we get to the point where our brains just can't take it? Will we have to pass such things onto computers, or find a way to enhance our brains to cope with it?
362 is enough to penetrate 30 meters of copper. Why not mount this thing on top of a large mountain and snipe some terrorists from 480 miles?
Because terrorists aren't in the habit of carrying around 30 metres of copper?
Well what else would you call self assembling organic matter? Of course, considering that the average person does this millions fo times per day, it's not exactly something to boast about. I fact I'm doing it right now - the difference is that I'm not putting out a press release.
What evidence do you have? Fossil records have gaps. No direct evidence exists.
The fact that not every creature to ever live was fossilised & found is hardly evidence against evolution. Surely the fact that the majority of those animals no longer exist is a clue? Or did GOd have several tries at making creatures to inhabit the earth and each time said "nah, let's try again", and buried them all?
God gave us the Bible and told us how the universe got here because of the very problem I just mentioned. It gives evidence when no one would be around to provide evidence.
Oh come on, that's just silly. What evidence do you have that those are the words of God? Even if there were such proof (Which there isn't), you still then have to show that he's telling the truth.
You believe your history books and all your science books written by people anywhere from 50 to 2000 years ago so what is the big problem with believing something in the Bible?
The content of those books can be verified. There's multiple independant authors giving their own accounts, and they generally add up. The Bible was written by unknown person(s) some time in the forgotten past, and has no method of verification, no witnesses, and no chance to verify.
If you want to apply logic to the situation then tell us how some complex life forms have existed similar simpler forms (the reverse of evolution) if evolution is supposed to go from simple to complex?
Maybe that's where your problem is. No sane respected scientist has EVER stated that evolution is about things going from simple to complex. That just makes no sense, and if that's your understanding of evolution, no wonder you doubt it. Evolution is about individuals and species more fit for the environment surviving in favour of those less fit. Add in genetic variation and mutation and everything just fits.
What if someone hacks into it and I wake up in the morning to find everything walled up? Computer controlled robots building stuff all over the place sounds scary.
Still, with the help of a few gold blocks those unemployeed builders could have a great career as Lode Runners, destroying all the bad walls for us.
I think he needs to research this now. Those bits don't keep themselves, you know.
That's no more "touching molecules" than owning a copy of playboy is having a girlfriend. It's touching a solid immitation of one.
(Ignoring the obvious complaint that most stuff is made of molecules.)
Can you give me that question in plain english? I can't stand all that Austin 3:16 "and thus the mule said unto the donkey, take thy furrow into the filed and harvert of the life" nonsense. If you expect me to answer in plain English, as I surely shall, please ask in plain English.
Have you ever read that book?
Not in its entirity, but significant parts of it, and it just doesn't make sense to me. Either way, the fact remains that since there's no supporting evidence, it's still just a book, We can't verify its origins, or duplicate its claims.